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If there are good off-the-shelf solutions to most of your problems, you can't differentiate from your competitors by using them. You want a problem space that r
by erik_seaberg 6y ago
If there are good off-the-shelf solutions to most of your problems, you can't differentiate from your competitors by using them. You want a problem space that requires writing a lot of novel code when your advantage is in writing better code.
- 7thaccount 6y agoYou just assumed that everyone builds competitive software. A lot of folks need to write code for scripting or to analyze data.. whatever. I don't care if anyone else can do it just as fast. Also, I can't imagine someone writing something from scratch in Common Lisp faster than I can slap some components together, solve a problem, and move on. With that in mind, I'm a huge proponent of doing everything yourself IF you have the time. This is the Forth philosophy that allows you to eliminate gobs of garbage code, reduce bugs, and maintain the code better long term.
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